I mean, clearly the system is broken. Putting another dipshit in charge doesn’t even seem like a bandaid, even if it is a Democrat. Like, what, I’m supposed to believe Gavin fucking Newsom or whoever the fuck is going to right the ship and establish checks and balances?

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    You’re probably right that fundamental change is needed. But you should probably still think about under which president those changes are easier to achieve. Hint: It’s probably not the one who’s perfectly willing to send the military after his political enemies. Also remember that if you don’t elect another president, everybody else still will.

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      Both parties send the millitary against leftists, though. Both participated in the Red Scare, both oppress worker organizations.

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        If you really can’t see any difference in the methods employed and the scale of repression between the recent (!) democrat and republican governments, I don’t know what to tell you.

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          That’s more a consequence of the stage in capitalist decay we are in than which party is in power. Both parties stand firmly against leftists and firmly for imperialism.

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            So you think with Harris in power in 2025, there would also be unidentified policemen roaming the streets, disappearing non-white people into unmarked vans? There would still be military deployed to cities across the US due to a fictional crime wave? Universities would still be denied funding for refusing to discriminate based on race or gender? I don’t think so.